Swimming for Israel in Rio: More than just fun and games
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2016
Olympic swimmer and Los Angeles native Andrea “Andi” Murez swims to win, but winning is not the only thing she cares about.
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August 3, 2016
Gingrich: Trump has become ‘unacceptable’ choice for POTUS
jacobk
August 3, 2016
Newt Gingrich, one of Donald Trump’s most stalwart surrogates and a finalist in the race for vice president, on Wednesday indicated that the Republican presidential nominee’s recent behavior and comments has made him an “unacceptable” choice for president.
Serving up a taste of New York whenever you need it
Jessica Ritz
August 3, 2016
Izzy Freeman has run his namesake deli in Santa Monica for 42 years, but one of his career highlights is pure Hollywood: getting the business immortalized on camera in three episodes of Larry David’s HBO show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
God, Hillary, and Geraldine
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2016
It was dark and amazingly quiet in the back of the limousine where I sat facing Geraldine Ferraro at the height of the presidential election campaign in 1984.
Pope: I felt the presence of the souls of murdered at Auschwitz
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2016
Pope Francis said during his silent visit last week to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau that he felt the souls of those murdered there.
Trump’s Israel gatekeeper: Like his boss, no Room for ‘PC’
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2016
Love him or hate him, Republican candidate for president Donald J. Trump is doing it his way, ignoring what the American professional political world believed was the only way to become a party’s nominee and win “the Oval.”
Caroline Glick and me
Rob Eshman
August 3, 2016
You know you’ve made it in the Jewish world when you get to speak to 1,000 Hadassah women at their national convention.
A Moment (and 22 seconds) in Time: Camp is Life, all the Rest is Commentary
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
August 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s rise reminds of voices from the past
Gina Nahai
August 3, 2016
My freethinking French grandmother, having raised herself during the first world war while her parents were away serving the nation, believed wholeheartedly in the value of financial and professional independence for a woman.
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